ChatGPT

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  1. Cath_

    Cath_ In my polka dot dress and apron

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    nope ... never .. i am old and yes said above comparing critia, well sure like that, but not in ai, evenif it too 1 week then 1 second.

    back in the day i would tag a recipes' title and source( from large texy file from Genie or Priodigy), read 1 line from text file and and use basic langage to rewrite it back to drive in my format, filename of the superbase data number. ok now have files 1 thru 1700 of beef0001, beef002 etc, cant use the old database no, more, so find my moms beef and noodle recipe like impossible, but at time, thought wow how cool and smart...
     
  2. SeattleSheri

    SeattleSheri Movers, cleaners, great hair. I'm a socialite!

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    @dawnmarch's post made me feel obligated to add that there are definitely some legalities to how you can and should use it. The company I work for is very conservative about how they will allow it to be used and who has access to it. There is LOTS of testing that is required to review accuracy, etc. There have been many instances where what's returned is total garbage. I always get a chuckle when I tell AI the results returned were inaccurate (it's always so polite thanking me for my feedback, lol). There is definitely a level of critical thinking that's still required (at least with today's models). I can easily pick out people who have copied and pasted directly from ChatGPT. My personal opinion is that it should be used as an aid, but it will never fully replace the critical thinking that humans bring. Plus, as a society, we always find a way to fill the time that is saved by using tools like ChatGPT :giggle
     
  3. StefanieS

    StefanieS Think it over, think it under

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    I haven't used it much.
    But my kids seem to use it all the time and have really got it customized to their liking.
     
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  4. marijke

    marijke Weekends are for wine.

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    I have used ChatGPT a few times to create texts.
    Sometimes I use it to create a recipe for my thermomix ....
     
  5. cfile

    cfile My bags are packed for Platform 9 3/4

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    same reason I do not use Alexa or Siri if they can "hear you" to answer your question, I am sure they are hearing everything in your household. Even not using those I think with the cell phones "they" still know what is happening as they are "hearing".
     
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  6. bellbird

    bellbird Pollywog

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    i haven't (i write all those long blog posts myself!) but i was reading the other day about how now people will ask medical or health questions to chatGPT like they would as Dr Google with symptoms etc, but the difference seems to be chat GTP uses older info but won't site sources for diagnoses or recommendations meaning Dr Google can be more accurate at times (not always comparable to seeing an actual real life human doctor, but i can imagine that in some dystopia, or sad, hopefully distant, future, people would walk in to hospitals and just click a bunch of buttons on a screen and be given a diagnosis without ever seeing a human dr)
     
  7. HavaDrPepper

    HavaDrPepper Space. The final frontier

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    I've been googling a lot lately about what specific foods I can eat with GERD. Of course, the AI results come up first. I do read them but scroll down to get the actual results. It is interesting because some foods come up as OK in AI, but as I look through the multiple sources (it seems most end up being from actual medical websites) to verify. Even in some of those there will be "yes you can eat that" or "no you can't eat that". So I absolutely check multiple results to make my decision of whether I can safely eat that food or not.
     
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  8. kelley

    kelley Gets excited over little green things.

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    I use it! I think Chat GPT is a fabulous time saver. I use it mostly when I am trying to research something that would normally have me reading tons of blog posts, lots of articles, watching videos, etc. You can literally ask it to give you a beginner's lesson on XYZ and then give it additional parameters as you see fit. It's really handy! You can also use it to change your language to whatever tone or style you need - say you want a letter to sound more formal or more friendly, or appropriate for a 10 year old. Anything basically!

    One of the most fun things I've done with it is have it help me create DnD characters & also fun and unique encounters for DnD games!
     
  9. bcgal00

    bcgal00 Say, "birdseed!"

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    I like the AI summary of info that you get in google and then I research further. I find it a good starting point. It’s interesting to read how it’s being used by many of you.
     
  10. bellbird

    bellbird Pollywog

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    I don't know how the US system works but if you were medically diagnosed with that here, you'd be recommended or refered to see a dietitian/dietician for a personal intake assessment & behavioural advice rather than having to figure it out on your own. They should be up to date with info & the behavioural stuff sometimes makes the difference
     
  11. HavaDrPepper

    HavaDrPepper Space. The final frontier

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    I was given information and guidelines (very extensive) from my GI doc at diagnosis. But I had a flare up right before Christmas and it turns out that there are some foods that can be good for you or bad for you. Turns out some foods that I thought were OK for me to eat, don't agree with me. Although others may be fine with them. That is what I'm finding with the research I've done as well. Why some medical professionals say it is OK and others say it isn't.
     
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  12. bellbird

    bellbird Pollywog

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    My family & friends with gi issues, among other things, say the same, 'diet' can be a lot more complicated than people think ('diet' as in nutrient intake and interactions & biological/physical processes for different conditions, not the calorie restriction thing the word diet has come to mean from general use) There's no 'one size fits all' diet anymore & why guidelines aren't the be all and end all & get tweaked to individuals by dietitians
     
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  13. tinkerbell1112

    tinkerbell1112 Offical Ambassador of the Magic Kingdom

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    Absolutely agree!
     
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  14. tinkerbell1112

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    OH man. Yeah. Technology changes so quickly
     
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  15. tinkerbell1112

    tinkerbell1112 Offical Ambassador of the Magic Kingdom

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    OK... Have to ask. What's a thermomix?
     
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  16. tinkerbell1112

    tinkerbell1112 Offical Ambassador of the Magic Kingdom

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    I still need to ask mine if they use it!
     
  17. tinkerbell1112

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    Oh scary. I hope not! But I tend to agree. Like this is your base starting dx and to see a specialist it's more $. But yes, I see those results a lot but always ignore them for medical questions
     
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  18. tinkerbell1112

    tinkerbell1112 Offical Ambassador of the Magic Kingdom

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    Oh that is fun!! My husband has used it to send my daughter texts in weird and funny tones
     
  19. tinkerbell1112

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    Exactly what I do. I think it's still so unreliable
     
  20. AnjaDD

    AnjaDD Well-Known Member

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    I use ChatGPT every day. It helps me with translations, it helps me for my marketing, product descriptions, brainstorming ideas for kits and other things... and to correct my English, as a non-native speaker. My English is pretty good, but I still like to have it checked and I have to say, that I am even learning better English by using it. It's like having an assistant who's there for you all the time and I couldn't miss it anymore. I even learned how to work with Canva using ChatGPT!

    I push it to think out of the box, I can have long conversations with it about that, I don't want the cliché sentences it sometimes comes up with or the overly dramatic things it makes like Lynn says, but if I push it enough, to think out of the box, I'm surprised sometimes to what it can do. I have a paid account.

    Now my husband uses it too for his job, mostly for text writing. I wouldn't use it though if I didn't know the language, it still needs guidance and correcting, and if you don't know the language, you cannot know what it really says...

    But what Lynn says about Perplexity, maybe I should check it out to see what it does. I did read that ChatGPT is more a conversational model, while Perplexity's focus is more like a search engine?
     
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